BRITAM

TOWER

ADVANCE BUILDING TECHNOLOGY

ASSIGNEMENT ,1 YEAR 5 ,SEMESTER 1
MERCY MWENDE BENJAMIN EAAQ/04336/2013S
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 LOCATION
The tower is located along Hospital Road, in the Upper
Hill neighborhood of Nairobi, Kenya's capital and largest
city
ICONIC DESIGN
Inspired by the iconic Mount Kenya Britam tower
is built to exceptionally to relate with its
environment by respecting the science of
sustainability and energy efficiency.
The tower has innovative engineering and well-
considered geometry that puts it at the world’s
spheres of marvelously crafted skyscrapers.
The prismatic geometry allows for a variety
of floor plate sizes and tenant requirements
while providing panoramic views over the
surrounding city.
Each level is designed to maximise available
floor space, promoting collaboration and
visuospatial exploration – highly conducive to
a healthy work environment.
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Britam Tower is a commercial building in Nairobi
owned by British-American Investments
Company (Britam).
It features a unique prismic shape, that starts as
an equal four sided square footprint and ends
with a two sided roof with a 60 metres (197 ft)
mast, containing three helical wind turbines.
It currently ranks as the tallest building in Kenya
and 3rd tallest in Africa.
OVER VIEW
Height (architectural) 200.00 m
Floors (above ground) 31
Floors (below ground) 3
Parking places 1,002
Elevators 8
SUSTAINABILITY
Sustainability principles have been key with
passive solutions that include; renewable energy
from wind turbines
-intelligent lighting controls
good solar control
-natural ventilation for office floors (and
common areas)
-good daylighting
-bore hole(for continuous uninterrupted water
supply)
-water conservation measures
rainwater harvesting and water recycling
-use of local materials
The shading allows office floors to be entirely
naturally ventilated and while other
environmental solutions allow it to become more
self- sufficient and less reliant on local utilities.
 SAFETY AND SECURITY Features
Destination controlled lifts with sensors for
Controlled access with vehicular and wheel chairs
pedestrian entry point security checks
High-speed (6m/s) state of the art lifts ensuring shorter
Sprinkler systems on all floors with a lift waiting time
security-integrated fire alarm system Sustainable floor loading capacity
for easy evacuation 3 parking bays available per 100 square meters
Dedicated fireman lifts, fire doors, of letting space
pressurised lobbies and emergency exits Separate silo with over 1,000 parking bays
On-site borehole for consistent and sufficient
Engineered earthquake & supply of clean water
impact resistance Highest telecommunications infrastructure standards
24-hour CCTV and manned Generator power backup
security services 6 storey atrium with sky-glass
Zen Garden
Spaces
The tower consists of several retail units at ground
CONCEPT
level, with 30 floors of office space as well as a
service level.
Britam Tower’s interior is brought to life by
lavishly spacious, cool & well-lit spaces

SCHEDULE OF AREAS
30 6228 579
29 6714
624
28 7176 667
27 7622 708
26 8045 748
8447 785
25
24 8831 821
23 9195 855

22 9536 886
21 9860 916 summary
20(SERVICE)
19 9983 928
18 10230 951
17 10480 974 Commercial office space
16 10711 995
15 10926 1015
1034
14
13
11122
11302 1050
retail space(restaurants)
12 11465 1066
11 11611 1079
10 11740 1091 retail space(shops)
9 11857 1102
8 11952 1111
7 11950 1077
6 12100 1125
5 12153 1129
4 12191 1133
3 12212 1135
2 12221 1136
1 7137 663

Ground(retail) 8605 799

total area 303242.24 28182

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 PLANS
Each building level is designed to maximise on floor space. Combined with high ceilings and floor-
ceiling glass, Britam tower promotes visuospatial exploration and great natural lighting that is highly
conducive to the work environment.

FLOORS 21-31

FLOORS 1-19

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 FOUNDATIONS BASEMENTS
varying column sizes are placed on 110mm thick uniform Britam tower has 3 levels of basement which host
raft foundation to structures engineer detail. its services and a parking silo

WHY RAFT WAS USED

-Load of the structure had to be
disctributed over a large area
-foundation area was covering 50%
of the total ground area beneath
the structure the columns and walls
were placed so closely that the
individual footings would overlap
-stress on soil needed to be reduced
-there was a possibility of differential settlement
incase individual footing was used
-soil strata was unpredictable and contain
pockets of compressible soil.
-basement was to be constructed.

RC SLABS
Britam tower has 3 types of floor slabs as
shown on the schedule below

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 RC COLUMNS
Britam towers has different columns ranging from rectangular and square asshown below

LIFT CORE AND LIFT

Britam towers has 11 lifts including 4 high speed statet of the art lifts moving
at the speed of 6m/s ensuring shorter lift waiting time contributing to its grade A
classification as an office space.

Ground -7th floor 8th to 31st floor

Britam towers lift control system works by a card reader system

which sends commands to the elevator panel after gtting card
details from the readerif the card is authorised for a partcular
floor it will activate the button of that floor there is a button
panel installed in every elevator

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 WINDOWS AND SCREEN WALLS

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 PLUMBING,ELECTRICAL AND FIRE SAFETY WORKS

CLADDING AND FINISHES

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 ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

Landscaping
The landscaping features at the building and
the surroundings is both hardscape
and soft scape

The flower beds at the site have grass and plants such
as palms.

Cabro paving and planters

SUSTAINABILITY
The facade features a full height high- THE MAST
performance glazing system incorporating two
types of glazing and a secondary ceramic rod
screening structure to provide shading while
optimising the use of natural daylight, as well as
reducing glare and solar gain.
water saving tecnology;infrared taps in
every bathroom only flow when touched
hence saving more than 36000cubic metres
of water a year.presence sensors
in bedrooms turn on lights automatically as
people enter and off as they leave.

on site grey water recycling plant saves over

45% of water in the building achieving
international water efficiency
best practice.the recycled water is used to flus
toilets and water gardens.

Natural ventilation is used extensively to cool the

building, with high- and low-level windows that
can be opened to draw in fresh air, allowing
occupants to regulate thermal comfort.

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 Development Team

Developer BRITAM

Design Architects GAPP Architects &

Urban Designers

Executive Architects Triad Architects

Quantity Surveyor Barker & Barton

Services Engineer Chapman BDSP

Local Services Engineer Maiteri & Associates

Civil & Structural Engineer Atkins

Environmental, Health & AWEMAC

Safety Consultant

Security Consultant International Security

Consultants

Contractor Laxmanbhai Construction

Brand & Signage ARK Africa

Design Consultants

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